R.I.P. Avant-Garde Composer Henryk Gorecki

Polish composer Henryk Gorecki passed away on Friday, November 12, in Katowice at age 76, reports The New York Times. He's most known for his "Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs)", which sold more than a million copies in the 1990s after it was recorded by soprano Dawn Upshaw and released to commemorate Holocaust victims, according to the BBC. The song was used in the films Fearless and Basquiat. Gorecki also wrote three string pieces for the Kronos Quartet.